How Pugna and Shadow Demon perform as teammates in Dota 2 7.41f, from ranked matches.
In Dota 2 7.41f, Pugna and Shadow Demon win 27.22% of ranked matches when playing on the same team, over 5,688 matches.
Setting up kills often feels redundant and frequently fails with this duo. Shadow Demon can provide an initial setup with Disruption, but Pugna lacks a reliable stun to chain with it once the target is free. Both heroes bring magic amplification through Decrepify and Soul Catcher, but this one-dimensional approach makes the team extremely vulnerable. An enemy core can simply buy an early Black King Bar and run at them without fear, as this pair offers very little lockdown to stop them. Worse, Pugna's Decrepify can accidentally save an enemy from your carry's physical attacks, completely ruining a gank that Shadow Demon initiated.
How this pairing performs across skill brackets — the duo's team win rate in recent ranked matches, split by average match rank. Ranks with too few recent matches are omitted. These rows use the last 30 days of quality-filtered ranked matches, all patches in that span combined — a wider window than the patch-scoped count above, so the per-rank match totals can exceed it.
| Rank | Team win rate | Matches |
|---|---|---|
| Herald & Guardian | 8.67% | 150 |
| Crusader & Archon | 32.38% | 105 |
This duo's team win rate in each recent balance patch — whether the pairing is trending up or down. Patches without enough matches are omitted.
| Patch | Team win rate | Change | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.41f | 27.22% | ▼ -12.7pp | 5,688 |
| 7.41e | 39.92% | ▼ -3.7pp | 10,101 |
| 7.41d | 43.58% | ▲ +0.2pp | 9,101 |
| 7.41c | 43.37% | — | 4,383 |
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Data updated Oct 5, 2026.